Also, does anyone have any words of wisdom for me with regards to coordinating at-home insems with a toddler around? I'm thinking it's going to be fun! (And by that, I mean rather crazy...)

We have an almost 3 and a 5yr old running around. I know at their age, they are more apt to listen and sit still but we usually insem at bedtime or naptime or get the kids busy in an activity or something so we can be alone to do it together but when it's just time for me to hang out on my back, Jess can go back to take care of the kids. Hope that helps!

Hop on board Tash looks like there's going to a quite a few of us in the 2WW!

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O-ing in the next 7-10 days.

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Looks like we're pretty much on the same cycle. Swimmers are scheduled to arrive in a week...and I'm expecting to O in about 10 days

Me tooo!!!!!! Choo Choo ist the MDC Queer TTC Train!!!

My HSG went well yesterday and we're getting geared up to insem late Next week!!! Rachel? did our cycles sync up over our break?? huh??

As for the HSG I just want to say DO NOT DO IT ALONE!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!! Mollie had her first day of class (her last pre-requist--oh yeah for those of you following along Moll got her acceptance letter to acupuncture school Yesterday!! yeah)
Anyway yeah she couldn't come to the appt, I asked KD but he would have had to miss a days work (and a days worth of tips--he's a waiter). I felt like asking my mom or another friend was a little too dramatic--a little over the top. But when I told my cousin (who is a HB Midwife) she said I'm coming with you. I didn't think they would let her in, but they did--actually we didn't give them any say in the matter--she just walked in with me and stayed. It was soooooo important for me to have a hand to hold and someone to be there for me---It was a yucky procedure--I mean clamping your cervix open for 10 mins!!! eeeeekkk

so yeah don't try to be a tough girl and swing that procedure alone!!!

We have an almost 3 and a 5yr old running around. I know at their age, they are more apt to listen and sit still but we usually insem at bedtime or naptime or get the kids busy in an activity or something so we can be alone to do it together but when it's just time for me to hang out on my back, Jess can go back to take care of the kids. Hope that helps!

We'll be inseminating in the morning, since KD is going to have to work on his laptop at the hotel during the day. Well, at least on Thursday and Friday anyhow.

I'm hoping that a DVD of Peppa Pig will keep DS busy just long enough for DP to help me out, and then, as you said, she can tend to DS while I "hang out" with my iPod and a snack.

My HSG went well yesterday and we're getting geared up to insem late Next week!!! Rachel? did our cycles sync up over our break?? huh??

As for the HSG I just want to say DO NOT DO IT ALONE!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!! Mollie had her first day of class (her last pre-requist--oh yeah for those of you following along Moll got her acceptance letter to acupuncture school Yesterday!! yeah)
Anyway yeah she couldn't come to the appt, I asked KD but he would have had to miss a days work (and a days worth of tips--he's a waiter). I felt like asking my mom or another friend was a little too dramatic--a little over the top. But when I told my cousin (who is a HB Midwife) she said I'm coming with you. I didn't think they would let her in, but they did--actually we didn't give them any say in the matter--she just walked in with me and stayed. It was soooooo important for me to have a hand to hold and someone to be there for me---It was a yucky procedure--I mean clamping your cervix open for 10 mins!!! eeeeekkk

so yeah don't try to be a tough girl and swing that procedure alone!!!

Keely, I'm not sure who swung off, I think it was me. I'm starting to sync up with another friend on MDC who is also TTC and our cycles weren't together and now they are. Not sure but glad to be on the train! Toot!

YEAH Molly!!!! That's such good news!

Oh, eh, yea, I purposely left the clamping part out because if I had known about that part I wouldn't have gone through with it. Did you see those things! : The doc put them on the table and I was like what are those for!? Glad you had someone with you, girlie, I agree not something you want to go through alone.

The doc put them on the table and I was like what are those for!? Glad you had someone with you, girlie, I agree not something you want to go through alone.

Yeah right???!!! It was my (new) OB that came to the hospital to do the HSG--which was a nice surprise because I remember you telling me your HSG OB was not your reg OB? right?

yeah so he opened the "package of death" and said out loud "I don't know why they put all these scary things in here!! Out of all this, the only thing I will be using is this" reaching for the "Clockwork Orange Style Cervix Clamp of Doom" ---Needless to say I wasn't put that much at ease!!!

As for the HSG I just want to say DO NOT DO IT ALONE!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!

It was soooooo important for me to have a hand to hold and someone to be there for me---It was a yucky procedure--I mean clamping your cervix open for 10 mins!!! eeeeekkk

so yeah don't try to be a tough girl and swing that procedure alone!!!

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Oh, eh, yea, I purposely left the clamping part out because if I had known about that part I wouldn't have gone through with it. Did you see those things! : The doc put them on the table and I was like what are those for!? Glad you had someone with you, girlie, I agree not something you want to go through alone.

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yeah so he opened the "package of death" and said out loud "I don't know why they put all these scary things in here!! Out of all this, the only thing I will be using is this" reaching for the "Clockwork Orange Style Cervix Clamp of Doom" ---Needless to say I wasn't put that much at ease!!!

AAAK.

I'm having one of those tomorrow.

So, obviously, we kept our RE appointment You guys were really right about what was going on between DW and me, so I have been working very hard at listening better and not fixing everything...and it has helped both of us tremendously. AND, there's mandatory counselling for all people undergoing donor insems in Canada now, so we HAD to go see a therapist, and it was great, DW thought it was really helpful/positive, and actually wants to keep going!

So, long story short, we're all good, our doctor is SUPER-NICE and SUPER supportive of queer families, we have a plan (this is an information-gathering cycle right now - bloodwork, HSG, U/S etc.), then we'll be good to go in February if everything turns out ok.

I can be very impatient and "NEED" to know everything down to the last little detail, I would have had to get a test done by now if I were you.

I'm just curious, was it more a personal choice or a medical issue?

First, getting the test would require a lot of running around on turtle's part--first to get the lab slip from the midwife, then to pick me up at work, then to take me to the lab, then to return me to work.

Second, money.

Third, it's not going to tell us anything we won't know in another 48 hours or so, anyway, so I didn't really see the point. Whatever the results would have been, they won't change what we'll do next cycle if I'm not pregnant right now. And on the outside chance that I am pregnant right now, we'll know that in a few days, anyway.

I'm practicing being Zen. And you're not the only one who thinks I'm crazy for not jumping on the chance to have that beta done!

Can you teach a virtual class on this frog? Cause I'm gonna need it in, oh, two or three weeks from now.

actually, i was sorta freaking out today when i found out i'm a tay sachs carrier (who is already 7 weeks pregnant and donor has unknown tay sachs status), and i found all kinds of free mediation downloads online... and i did 3 of them and fell asleep during the third one and felt a lot better when i woke up!

Me tooo!!!!!!! I'm expecting to O next Thurs and will be insem'ing Weds & Thurs

We'll all either be a great support to one another or by sheer volume, drive ourselves completely insane!

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creeping back quietly...

removing my tiara (<-----drama queen)

As one prone to histrionics as well, can I just say how glad I am to see you back! Welcome.

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actually, i was sorta freaking out today when i found out i'm a tay sachs carrier (who is already 7 weeks pregnant and donor has unknown tay sachs status), and i found all kinds of free mediation downloads online... and i did 3 of them and fell asleep during the third one and felt a lot better when i woke up!

Someone needs to do a DDDC for you with this in it! : Wonder if that would get us banned though.

As much as I'd love a DDDDC : since i haven't had but one ever and that in honor of my 1000th post and that one was terribly cheesy, wow, how would *that* one reflect on me! And inevitably it would still be offensive, I'm sure, to at least one of the mamas in my kombucha thread or my old DDC at least my Sept 04 mamas would give me a chance to explain it...!

As to update everyone on our TWW... I am very calm and very zen right now. I was so stressed over whether or not Quasar would O and when and how to do the timing and the whole awkwardness of the inseminations. It is such a relief to me to just sit back and wait. Of course, right now, with it only being 2-3 DPO, there isn't much to look for or obsess over.

We were having a bit of a temp. taking obsession last night. We had been using just a regular digital thermometer from Kroger to take Quasar's temp orally. It seemed OK at first, but then we noticed that we could get very different temps in the course of a few minutes to hours. Part of our problem is that we are night owls with very irregular sleeping behaviors. So the temp is taken at different times of the day. Usually between 10am and noon, but can be earlier or later depending on Quasar's waking time. So, I had bought a BBT thermometer from CVS. I really don't think it is all that different from the Kroger one but it does seem to take a little longer to read the temp so I don't know if that makes it more accurate. Anyways, between the two thermometers last night, we got readings from the low 96s to 98 something when taking the temps back to back. The CVS one seems more consistent and I think we are going to stick with that one for now.

Is it better to take the temp vaginally? Is that more accurate / consistent? We are going to stick with oral this cycle but if we need to do it next cycle, I think vaginal might be better.
Thoughts? Comments?

Oh wait a minute, I thought I wasn't obsessing about anything.

Wow, just so excited for everyone on here. Here is hoping for lots of BFPs coming up in Feb (and one for Frog in Jan PLEASE!!)

we switched from a regular thermometer which did one percentage point to a BBT one that goes to 2 percentage points, and my charts started to be a lot more clear... less fluctuation... so i think it definitely helps.

DDC = due date club, a sub-forum in the "I'm Pregnant" forum. Threads based on due dates.
DDDC = typo, I think
DDDDC = dirty deed done dirt cheap, where for a small donation to mothering.com you can give someone a quippy byline under their username. It's in bold letters and they're usually cute and snarky. Frog has two bold things under her username (when you see a post from her in the thread) but they've been up eternally so I dunno if those are really DDDDCs or something else. But it's the same thing.

If you look up in the "Support MDC" box (top left of screen) there's a link to "Place a DDDDC".

OT (off-topic): frog did someone object to your short-lived line about taunting and feeding in your sig that was a link to your blog?

I was wondering, have any of you had a reaction to donor sperm? The first time we tried, it seemed like there was cramping afterwards (we did ICI) and I was REALLY tired all day long. In fact, I ended up sleeping pretty much all day. Now, sleeping all day isn't that unusual for me, but this time it was like I really couldn't get up. The next day we ICI'd again, and I didn't have really any symptoms at all. I felt perfectly fine and went about my day without any issues. I suppose I might have still been coming off of my stomach virus from last week, but it's much easier to blame the swimmers.

I just added my morning temperature to FF and it adjusted to show my O date. We ICI'ed on day 21 and 22 and I O'ed on day 22. Of course, I'm not really that confident in my temps being very accurate, but I do believe that the chart is right. I think next cycle (hopefully there isn't a next cycle, but gotta be prepared anyway...) I'm switching to vaginal temps with the basal thermometer.

Loving partner to smartycat . Enjoying life with our DS's- 4/5/09 and 10/29/10 ! Moms to three dogs and four cats.

As much as I'd love a DDDDC : since i haven't had but one ever and that in honor of my 1000th post and that one was terribly cheesy, wow, how would *that* one reflect on me!

I hope you know I was seriously only teasing. I just think it's hilarious and now every time I type out fingersx I think of fingersex!

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Is it better to take the temp vaginally? Is that more accurate / consistent? We are going to stick with oral this cycle but if we need to do it next cycle, I think vaginal might be better.
Thoughts? Comments?

I don't think I've ever heard anyone taking their temp vaginally. But I believe it is certainly an option.

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I was wondering, have any of you had a reaction to donor sperm?

I just added my morning temperature to FF and it adjusted to show my O date. We ICI'ed on day 21 and 22 and I O'ed on day 22.

I also had some very slight cramping when we were doing ICI's at home. It wasn't bad or anything I couldn't handle just felt the swimmers were in there doing their job. Mine were as mild or milder than AF cramps. Now with IUI I have more severe cramping. Not sure why but it's happened every time. I don't know if it's the sperm or just having the catheter in my uterus. Doc says it's the catheter.
And great timing, btw!

Crystal - HSG's suck, for sure! My lovely step mom sent me some of her T3's which really helped me get through. BUt on the bright side - they are relatively fast AND (here's the really good part) they are supposed ot increase fertility for three months after, or so I've read. (and I got preggo right after mine, so I'm sticking to it!). Hope it goes okay.

Quasar - On another fertility board I was on, I knew someone who had desparate allergic reactions to the sperm... it was madness!